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2 months ago | scmp.com | Yuanyue Dang |William Zheng

China’s political system – where state power and social control are dominated by the ruling Communist Party – could give Beijing an edge in a new trade war with the United States compared with other countries, experts and insiders have said. But they warned that Chinese companies and local governments may lack the creativity to respond to a tariff war, as they rely on directives from the powerful central government.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Yuanyue Dang |Jun Mai

Hu Dehua, son of the former Chinese leader Hu Yaobang, has died at the age of 76. He died on Sunday in Beijing due to a heart attack, sources told the South China Morning Post. Hu was a liberal businessman who repeatedly spoke out for political reform and press freedom in China – rare among the descendants of the Communist Party’s early top officials, a group known as “princelings”. In 2016, he became vice-director of the outspoken magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Phoebe Zhang |Yuanyue Dang

Over the years, influencer Sima Nan rose to fame waging campaigns against enemies of the state. He began to gather atten in the 1990s, appearing on national television to attack qigong masters including Falun Gong, a spiritual group Beijing later outlawed as an “evil cult”.

2 months ago | scmp.com | Holly Chik |Victoria Bela |Shi Huang |Yuanyue Dang

The impact on a flagship Chinese oil and gas pipeline is under close watch after a powerful earthquake hit Myanmar on Friday afternoon, with tremors felt in neighbouring China and Thailand. Strong tremors were felt in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan, but no casualties have been reported so far, according to state news agency Xinhua. Other Chinese media outlets reported that many in Yunnan felt the quake, with some injuries and damage to houses. Rescue operations are reportedly under way.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Holly Chik |Victoria Bela |Shi Huang |Yuanyue Dang

4 hours agoPowerful earthquake rocks Thailand and Myanmar, killing at least 3 in Bangkok high-rise collapseBANGKOK (AP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar on Friday, killing at least three people in Bangkok and burying dozens when a high-rise building under construction collapsed.